Honorary Canadians

This room is dedicated to the artists who, while not born here, made a meaningful mark on Canadian music. Whether they came to record, perform, collaborate, or simply found inspiration on Canadian soil, these Honorary Canadians became part of the story. Some stayed briefly, others put down roots—but all contributed to the cultural fabric in unique ways. From one-off sessions to lasting legacies, this is a salute to the outsiders who felt right at home in Canada.

Tracks

Artist	Track	Title	Length
Matt Lucas*	The Old Man	The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On	02:29
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra	Time After Time	And I Love Her	03:12
Ellen McIlwaine	Come Sit Down and Tell Me	Everybody Needs It	02:44
Ellen McIlwaine	Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven (But Nobody Wants to Die)	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	02:25
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)*	Devil Woman	I'm a Song	03:37
Ellen McIlwaine	It's Growing	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	03:06
Aarons And Ackley*	Sleeping Gypsy	ST	03:56
Zambonis*	The Hockey Song	Playoff Fever	02:25
Buddy Knox	Teasable, Pleasable You	ST (mono)	02:19
Ellen McIlwaine	Love and Devotion	Ellen McIlwaine	03:51
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra	And I Love Her	And I Love Her	02:22
Sidewinders	Flat Foot Hustlin'	Flatfoot Hustlin'	06:16
Exponians	My Peaceful World	Wicked Woman My Peaceful World	05:05
Ursa Major*	Stage Door Queen	ST	05:25
David Amram	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	03:38
Ellen McIlwaine	Underground River	Fear Itself	03:23
Priscilla* Rollins	If You Should Lose Me	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:40
Priscilla* Rollins	You Send Me	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:42
Priscilla* Rollins	I'm Sorry	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:37
Ernie* Smith	Money Can't Buy Life	Skareggae	02:37
Priscilla* Rollins	Sweet Inspiration	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:33
David Amram	Greasy Spoon	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	03:25
Cal* Bostic	That's All	Introducing...	02:31
Ursa Major*	Silverspoon	ST	06:16
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble*	I Loved a Widow	Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection	04:33
Dils*	Red Rockers (Les rockers rouge)	Made In Canada	02:37
Ellen McIlwaine	Sliding	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	02:52
Zambonis*	Let's Go Whalers	To Bleed Black and Gold	00:30
Ellen McIlwaine	Underground River	We the People	03:54
Loni Gamble	It's You	ST	05:43
Ellen McIlwaine	It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels	Honky Tonk Angel	02:38
Ellen McIlwaine	Wade in the Water	Honky Tonk Angel	04:55
Ernie* Smith	Bend Down	Skareggae	03:09
Zambonis*	Live Intro - Hockey Monkey	To Bleed Black and Gold	01:47
Ellen McIlwaine	Lover's Lane	Ellen McIlwaine	03:02
Matt Lucas*	Vibrator Blues	Matt Gets Blue	04:10
Ellen McIlwaine	Isn't That So	Ellen McIlwaine	03:55
Buddy Knox	Rock-a-Billy Walk	ST	02:15
Ernie* Smith	Don't Down Me Now	To Behold Jah	03:52
David Amram	Old Man and the Children	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	04:48
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study)	Are You Confused	Love Serenade	03:23
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Hutsal Ksenia	Ukrainian Pops	02:36
Tony McManus	The Maids of Mitchelstown	The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)	02:53
Jonathan Edwards	Never Together	Sailboat	02:09
Ellen McIlwaine	Weird of Hermiston	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	05:06
Country Mcdonald Joe*	War Widow	War War War	02:04
Albert Jones*	That's the Way You Lost My Love	The Facts of Life	03:56
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Reapers Harvest	Ukrainian Pops	03:04
Ellen McIlwaine	It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	02:38
David Amram	Deep South Evening Light	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	03:22
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	The Lady is a Tramp	Amist the Black Eyes	02:38
Oscar* McLollie	For the Good Times	ST	04:20
Cal* Bostic	May I	Introducing...	02:34
Joe* Glazer	A Douglas for Me	A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)	01:12
Ellen McIlwaine	Never Tell Your Mother She's Out of Tune	We the People	02:25
Oscar* McLollie	Girl of Mine	ST	03:13
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble*	Boots	Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection	03:36
Tony McManus	Donal Og - The Lea Rig	The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)	03:03
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Moanin	Shirley Lewis Show Band	05:46
Ernie* Smith	Who I Am	To Behold Jah	04:12
Ellen McIlwaine	Regretting Blues	Everybody Needs It	02:27
Priscilla* Rollins	Cry Cry Baby	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:36
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra	Theme For the Countless	And I Love Her	02:20
Jonathan Edwards	Weapon of Prayer	Sailboat	03:27
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Black Brows Dark Brown Eyes	Ukrainian Pops	02:31
Ellen McIlwaine	Money Can't Save You	Ellen McIlwaine	03:22
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	The Betrothed Girl	Ukrainian Pops	02:50
Tony McManus	Chalaneru	The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)	03:23
Ellen McIlwaine	Steal Him Away	Ellen McIlwaine	03:12
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble*	Polissian Polka 'Mazury'	Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection	05:10
Ellen McIlwaine	Farther Along	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	03:45
Ellen McIlwaine	Jimmy Jean	We the People	02:56
Exponians	The Look of Love	Wicked Woman My Peaceful World	03:05
Ellen McIlwaine	Danger Zone	Everybody Needs It	04:18
Ellen McIlwaine	Wade in the Water	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	04:55
Jonathan Edwards	Blow On Chilly Wind	Sailboat	03:17
Ellen McIlwaine	Jimmy Jean	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	02:59
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	A Hanging Apple Висить Ябко	Ukrainian Pops	03:34
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra	It Only Takes a Moment	And I Love Her	02:08
Alpha Centauri	Love Only You	ST	04:05
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars	I Want a Girl	Maple Sugar Two Step // I Want a Girl	03:04
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Hard Hard Times	Shirley Lewis Show Band	01:31
Jonathan Edwards	Let the Rough Side Drag	Sailboat	03:00
Jack Holland	The Eyes of a Dreamer	The Eyes of a Dreamer	02:24
Cal* Bostic	Let Me Love You	Introducing...	03:03
Albert Jones*	You Stole My Love	The Facts of Life	03:25
Ellen McIlwaine	Nothing Left to be Desired	Everybody Needs It	03:17
Ernie* Smith	Ska Medley: Jamaica Ska; Humpty Dumpty; A Little More Oil; Six And Seven Books; Oh Manny Oh	Skareggae	07:24
Country Mcdonald Joe*	The Munition Maker	War War War	04:23
Ernie* Smith	Take Your Time	To Behold Jah	03:22
Buddy Knox	That's Why I Cry	ST (mono)	02:00
Priscilla* Rollins	Sad Movies	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:38
Jonathan Edwards	How About You	Sailboat	03:28
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Can't Eat	Shirley Lewis Show Band	04:18
Country Mcdonald Joe*	The Man From Athabaska	War War War	06:29
Aarons And Ackley*	Take Me Home	ST	04:48
Albert Jones*	You Just Can't Turn Me Loose	The Facts of Life	02:59
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Gospel Medley: Swing Low Chariot; Amen; Michael Row Your Boat Ashore; He's Got the Whole World in His Hands	Amist the Black Eyes	05:25
Ellen McIlwaine	For Suki	Fear Itself	02:47
Doc Holiday*	Canadian State of Mind	Canadian State of Mind b/w Canadian State of Mind	03:37

Honorary Canadians

Tracks

FEATURED

The Revelaires* - You're So Wrong b/w She Wears My Ring

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The Revelaires* - Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver

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Matt Lucas* - Matt Gets Blue

Ursa Major* - ST

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Ellen McIlwaine - Ellen McIlwaine

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Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel

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Ellen McIlwaine - Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

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Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It

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Ellen McIlwaine - We the People

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Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself

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Country Mcdonald Joe* - War War War

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Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Amist the Black Eyes

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Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)

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Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Shirley Lewis Show Band

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Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* - I'm a Song

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Cal* Bostic - Introducing...

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Aarons And Ackley* - ST

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Matt Lucas* - The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On

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Tommy Makem - Vancouver b/w Better Times

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Oscar* McLollie - ST

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Oscar* McLollie - Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child

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Oscar* McLollie - So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All

David Amram - Summer Nights, Winter Rain

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Bluebird* - Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost

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Loni Gamble - ST

Dave Gordon & Kay* - I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow

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Albert Jones* - The Facts of Life

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Alpha Centauri - ST

Priscilla* Rollins - Lover's Choice Vol. 1

Eddie* Murray - Montreal, Canada Blues b/w Stepping High Dance

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